How to Make Realistic Trees – Paints & Tools

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Paints

How to Make Realistic Trees – Tutorial

Step 1

Start by stripping the Copper Wire out of a length of electrical cable. Bundle them together and twist them so they form a single cable.

Try and consider the shape of the tree you are wanting to make, the thickness of the bundle of wires will dictate the trunk’s overall width and the number of individual wires will determine the number of branches.

If you start with too few wires you may not end with enough branches.

Step 2

Start to separate A the wires into increasingly thinner and thinner strands to form the shape of your tree.

Continue to separate the twisted wires until you have single wires forming the end branches of the tree.

The roots are formed in the same way as the branches but don’t separate them down to single wires. Instead, keep them chunky

Step 3

When you’re happy with the shape of your tree, brush the trunk and main branches with PVA glue and wrap them in strips of thin tissue paper.

Coat the remaining, smaller branches and roots with several layers of PVA glue to seal the copper.

To create the blossom clusters, add small blobs of PVA glue to your branches and sprinkle them with coloured sawdust powder. In order to get the best results, I recommend adding the blobs individually and spacing them on the branches

How to Make Realistic Trees – Other Options

Here are some more tree examples, this time using Natural Armatures. This should give an idea of the various kinds of tree you can make. A full guide on using Natural Armatures is available on Instagram & Facebook. This will be uploaded to FauxHammer.com soon.